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Updates include 'the average CVS receipt is longer than all but the five U.S. freeways', 'CVS receipt for two items is as tall as the average nine-year-old' and 'Never tell the cashier at CVS that you want the receipt with you or they wrap you up in it like a mummy'.

Some customers have poked fun at the discrepancy between the receipt size and number of items purchased.

For example, a single Clif bar or packet of pencils produces feet of paper.

Out of proportion: Many times the length of the CVS receipt bears no relation to the number of items purchased

'I buy two things; they hand me the Magna Carta as proof of purchase': Customers show off their CVS printouts (left) and receipt 'scrolls' (right) on social media

Much of the extra length is made up by the pharmacy's Extra Care coupons, which are given to customers who are part of the loyalty plan.

Even the people behind the counter seem to agree that the printouts are excessive.

'They made us "go green" by getting paid bi-weekly and want us to stop getting paper pay stubs by having it all electronically,' one employee wrote on Instagram.

'Yet they print 500 coupons per receipt.'

'With the 4ft long receipt they gave me, I wont have to buy toilet paper tonight!': CVS customers compare sizes

But while they may poke fun at the cumbersome coupons, it appears that customers love the discounts.

The anonymous founder of @CVS_Receipts tweeted 'My CVS is on Coolidge Ct. in Tallahassee, FL and has great employees.'

But super-sized sales tickets may soon be a thing of the past. The pharmacy chain has responded to the social media onslaught via Twitter.